This is what I get when following the instructions to fix grub. I type in "grub-install /dev/sda" and that's the error I get.I'm trying to put Ubuntu or Mint on a Dell Mini 9 with 16gb ssd, but no matter what I do I cannot achieve this goal
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I'm trying to install ubuntu 10.04 on my desktop. I would like to erase my old xp completely and have only ubuntu as my OS. I boot from cd but when I install it stops at 15% and keeps giving me this error:
Input/output error during write on /dev/sda.
It won't let me retry or ignore and when I cancel the installation continues until I get another error.
I got interested in it when trying to play Windows games on my Mac. I've tried WINE and didn't get anywhere fast, but thats another thread for a different forum.
For now I'd like to try Ubuntu. I downloaded the ISO and burned it to a DVD and a CD.
When booting up my computer I get this message:
I have no idea what this means. I've tried to find answers on this forum with no luck.
The computer in question:
iMac8,1
Intel Core 2 Duo
3.06 GHz
4GB Memory
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS (512 MB)
MacOS 10.5.8
Asus EEEPC 1215P
Intel Atom N550 1.5 GHz
2 GB DDR3
Ubuntu 10.10
Maverick Meerkat
Desktop Edition
Tried changing BIOS setting...
SATA Run Mode configuration
Enhanced AHCI
Enhanced IDE
Compatibility
Disabled
non of them worked
I have a strange issue with my RAID5 array - it worked fine for a month, a couple days ago it didn't start on boot with mdadm reporting "Input/Output error" - I didn't panic restarted my computer, same error. Then opened a Disk utility and it reported State: Not running, partially assembled - don't know why, I've pressed Stop RAID Array and started it again, voila - it reported State: Running - I've checked components list and there was nothing wrong with it. So I run Check Array utility, waited almost 3 hours to finish it and it worked since than, till today's morning - I've started my computer, and here we go, same error.
See screenshots:
This is an initial state just after computer startup:
This is after I stop and start RAID5:
This is a components list:
I can see nothing wrong there yet not sure why mdadm fails on boot. I do not really like the windows solution I guess, when I check my array again, it will work fine again, but it then can fail in the same way without known reason.
I am trying to install v 10.04.1 and it works up till 34% and then it gives me that error. So annoying and i don't have any other OS's.
I am posting this from a bootable 9.10 CD which doesnt even partition right.
I have a 64 bit CPU but i downloaded 32 bit ubuntu.
I've managed to boot up ubuntu-10.10-desktop-amd64 using PXE, but when the installer is copying the files it fails. I've md5sum checked the iso and it is OK.
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This is often due to a faulty CD/DVD disk or drive, or a faulty hard disk. It may help to clean the CD/DVD, to burn the CD/DVD at a lower speed, to clean the CD/DVD drive lens (cleaning kits are often available from electronics suppliers), to check whether the hard disk is old and in need of replacement, or to move the system to a cooler environment.
The trouble I'm having is that when I load a bootable USB/CD of 64bit 10.10, I always get an error that looks a little like: "(initramfs) mount: mounting /dev/loop0 on //filesystem.squashfs failed: input/output error. Can not mount /dev/loop0 (cdrom/casperfilesystem.squashfs) on //filesystem.squashfs." I've done some googling and I've noticed people have had the same problem. They say the alternate downloads could be the problem, or the CD, and that I should use the UNetbootin application. I guess I should start with describing my build:
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I've tried:
1. Going to the DL page, DLing 64bit 10.10, and mounting the image to create a bootable CD (by the procedure offered on the DL page).
2. Using Unetbootin to create a bootable USB (this I did multiple tmes, with different versions: 10.10 64bit desktop, 10.04 64 bit desktop, and I'm about to try another DL except I forgot which one I'm using, but I'll find out in a bit )..........
I've been experiencing a problem when I try to install Ubuntu 10.10 and 11.04 on my girlfriend's notebook. In the middle of the installation process a window pops-up saying "[Errno 5] input/output error". This has happened with both versions and I can't get through it, no matter what.
View 5 Replies View RelatedLaptop: Compact Presario C706NR Notebook Pc. Ive just tried to install Ubuntu 10.04 and unluckily failed... Ive checked the hard disk and it has responded error: 1files. [Errno 5] Input/output error
I'm running it on a USB. at the moment im using it as my comp. my windows vista is gone. Id like to fully install any recommendations?
So, I had Ubuntu and Mint on my second hard drive (first drive has 7), and I reinstalled Ubuntu over the entire thing (upgraded from 10.04). Ubuntu now has one drive to itself, while Windows has the other. When I did this, I booted into Grub Rescue. Restarted and switched hard drives, same thing. I loaded the LiveCD and followed this repair guide. I discovered I don't have a Boot.cfg (or .lst) or another file of the three required. I noticed my install did not have any /boot partition, so I reinstalled a few times, all with the same error. Finally, I go back to the LiveCD desktop and run the following: sudo grub-install --boot-directory=/media/[long string]/boot /dev/sda And this is the output: Code: /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot stat: /dev/sda/ This is on Ubuntu 11.04 with GRUB2 (1.99).
View 9 Replies View RelatedI cant seem to install Ubuntu 9.10 at all. At 15% I get the following Error Message Input/output Error During Read On/dev/sda then I get the creation of swapspace in partition #5 of SCSI1(0,0,0) (SDA) Failed. Ive tried 6 times already. Im getting no sound at all. How can I change the screen resolution. 800 x 600 is the highest it will go. Im getting really discouraged with Ubuntu. Alot of people seem to have the same problems I am having but there is no solutions. I've checked the MEMTEST and passed, done a disk check and passed.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI want to install Xubuntu 10.10 x64, but it does not work. While copying data the setup tells me about an Input/Output error, but i don't think there are hardware errors.
The environment:
AMD Phenom II 1055t 6x2,8 Ghz
2x 2gb ram
Hitachi 1TB hard drive
Two partitions: 1st for Windows 7 Ultimate (NTFS), 2nd for my Data (NTFS)
So I decreased the size of the data partition and created two new partitions beside the Win7 partition and the data partition. The first is ext4-journal (20gb) the second is Swap (4gb). I've done that all by the Xubuntu setup.
I've downloaded the image from the german mirror (TU Chemniz) and checked the integrety via SHA1. Checksum was correct. I also checked the data after burning.
I am fully aware that these following photo's are not all required for a full understanding of my issue, but I will post them regardless. Checklist to see if my computer meets best results possible for the installation. Screenshot.jpg These photos showing here are where I plan on Installing Ubuntu
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NOTE: The installation has started, but only to shortly be stopped by my error message.
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This is my ERROR!!! message
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No matter what I try to click on, the window simply ignores the command, regardless of the amount of times I issue the command.
I finished loading Ubuntu 10.10 onto my Mac PPC G4 from DVD and restarted.Restart but will not proceed beyond black screen with alert:
boot:
Please wait, loading kernal...
/pci@f2000000/pci-bridge@d/mac-io@7/ata-4@1f000/disk@:3,/boot/vmlinux: Input/output error
boot:_
Tried rebooting with "Option" key and choosing Linux, but no difference.I am trying this on a Mac G4 with Ubuntu 10.10 installed on its own drive.There is another drive with Mac OSX 10.2.8.
Followed steps 2-5 and purged/reinstalled grub now it boots as it should, NO idea where it was messed up.[URL].. I had 9.10 running in raid1 and upgraded my hardware (cpu, mb, memory etc) and wanted to do a fresh install of 10.04 to get updated. After following the various guides online such as [URL]...It begins to load grub and drops to a "grub> " shell. Which I have to do the following to get it to boot.
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set root=(md1)
linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/md1 ro
initrd /initrd.img
boot
Then it boots up normally and I can use it like any other desktop. I've been over my grub.cfg and /etc/defaut/grub files and cannot find the issue. At this point I'm wondering if the fact it's a raid1 setup is keeping grub from finding it's files.
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I don't know the format of these old floppie disks, ive tried
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PC8-248suse:~ # file -s /dev/fd0
/dev/fd0: ERROR: cannot read `/dev/fd0' (Input/output error)
how i can go about reading this data?
when iam opening my dec_backup folder the folling error is appering :
the error is gzip :stdin:input /output error
/bin /gstar :unexpected EOF in archive
/bin /gstar: error is not recoverable :exesting now
Today went from jaunty to koala then to lucid. The package manager doesnt work nothing works in terminal for apt-get or anything getting the message ---->
View 1 Replies View RelatedQuote:Error benchmarking: helper exited with exit code 1: Error reading 27099136 bytes at 2509258752 from /dev/sda: Input/output errorthis issue is also preventing me from making a copy/backup of the partition with gpartedwhich i decided i should do since i had a scare when booting todayunable to mount / i said fix itthen it said /var was not readyi waited it became readyi am running 10.04.2 would upgrading the kernel to get trim support fix it?
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sudo fsck -t ext4 /dev/sda1
fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2
e2fsck 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)
System: clean, 247383/983040 files, 1394162/3907803 blocks
Solution: drive is under warranty and it needs to be used this is not software problem
I have dir in my HD that is very important to me,but when I try cd commad to go in the dirI got this message:cannot access `./Lab': Input/output erroralso when use ls to view the currently dir and the other dir's also I got this message:"ls: cannot access Lab: Input/output errorLab"with touch:touch: cannot touch `Lab': Input/output errorwith mkdir:mkdir: cannot create directory `Lab': Input/output error
View 3 Replies View RelatedI use the growisofs command from the terminal to do most of my burning. Mostly because i burn almost the exact same type of file every time so its pretty easy to set up. I've done this dozens of times and never once had a problem before. I loved it because it was so much simpler than doing this in windows where i would need to install a few extra programs and codecs. That was up until today where it started failing every single time i tried to burn something.
For some reason every time i try to burn a disc it gives me this error message:
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I'm really at a loss as to why this is happening. Every thread i found that discussed this problem was mostly focused on k3b or brasero and never really answered the question. As far as i know nothing has been updated since the last time i burned a disc a few days ago. Everything is exactly the same as it was when it worked. The only thing i could think of that might have caused this sudden failure is that i flashed the firmware of another cd drive using the same sata port that this drive is currently plugged into, but that was in windows so i dont see how it could have affected this drive.
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ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ls -al /etc | grep resol
ls: cannot access /etc/mtab: Input/output error
ls: cannot access /etc/resolv.conf: Input/output error
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ls: cannot access /etc/mtab: Input/output error
I don't like the look of this at all!
The title is pretty self explanatory, I was just wondering how to overcome this error, if I can...
View 9 Replies View RelatedI installed Ubuntu 10.04 two days ago and was using my 1tb passport external HDD with it to download and store files. However today whenever i try and copy/cut and past to the HDD i get this error message..
Error opening file '/media/My Passport/test.avi': Input/output error This is obviously very fustrating and i want to stay with Linux but i do need to fix this problem else im afraid im going to have to back to awful windows.
I'm having some trouble installing Ubuntu 10.04. What I am trying to do is completely wipe all things on my computer and install Ubuntu. I have followed the instructions from Ubuntu's homepage on how to download the ISO, and ran their program to put it onto a portable USB device. Through doing all of this, I receive no error messages. Then it tells me to change the BIOS to boot from USB, so I did that. I've successfully accessed the install menu and filled in all the information requested (i.e. computer name, account name, etc.). I select that I want to delete the current partitions and use only Ubuntu. It starts to install, but at 67%, while copying files, I receive an error.
This error is:
The installer encountered an error copying files to the hard disk:
[Errno 5] Input/output error
This is often due to a faulty CD/DVD disk or drive, or a faulty hard disk. It may help to clean the CD/DVD, to burn the CD/DVD at a lower speed, to clean the CD/DVD drive lens (cleaning kits are often available from electronics suppliers), to check whether the hard disk is old and in need of replacement, or to move the system to a cooler environment.
i tried to rip a dvd last night and it got 98% done then said "Data could not be written (Input/output error)"here is the error log from brasero
Checking session consistency (brasero_burn_check_session_consistency brasero-burn.c:1744)
BraseroDvdcss called brasero_job_get_action
BraseroDvdcss called brasero_job_get_action
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I just received a 1TB external(Western Digital) hard drive(NTFS) for backup purposes. I'm using an Ubuntu Live CD, and an external hard drive dock. I am transferring over esata and am receiving the error:
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Cannot open file: input/output error
Seems strange that it said "open". At any rate only about 60 of the 200+ GB were able to be transferred over...this won't do. I have tried to copy via CLI using
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cp -r
and received the same issue. For clarification I am attempting to transfer from a mounted partition onto the mounted external.
My dad is out of town for a while, so I've been using his computer to rip my DVDs with Handbrake. He has Windows Vista installed, so I did a full installation of Fedora 13 on a thumb drive and just run everything off of that. However, when I went to delete some of the encoded videos after I had moved them to my computer, I got a system error that said 'can't delete files: I/O error.' Now, if I try to boot up Windows, his computer is stuck on a black screen checking a bunch of dlls. He'll be back in a couple of weeks, so I'd like to have it fixed by then.
View 2 Replies View RelatedCan't copy DVD with dd - Input/output error
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kevin@orangebox:~$ dd if=/dev/dvd of=~/Videos/backup.iso bs=2048 count=4169919
dd: reading `/dev/dvd': Input/output error
191160+0 records in
191160+0 records out
391495680 bytes (391 MB) copied, 154.38 s, 2.5 MB/s
